Nonrefillable bottle



Feb, H, 1936.

A. M. WHITNEY.\

NONREFILLABLE BOT'I LE mum Filed May 17, 1955 Eli/171717717177! Patented F eb. 11, 1936 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFKTE NONREFILLABLE BOTTLE Alvin M. Whitney, Bradford, Pa., assignor to Celloseal Company, Bradford, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania.

Application May 17, 1935, Serial No. 22,073

1 Claim. (01. 2158) The present invention relates to new and usethat the upper portion of the frangible bag I8 ful improvements in non-refillable bottles and extends between the bushing 4 and the neck I of has for its primary object to provide, in a manthe bottle. The lower end portion of the bore ner as hereinafter set forth, a bottle comprising II of the bushing 4 receives an indicator plug a novel construction of closure through the me- I2 which the bag It encloses. The indicator 5 dium of which it may be readily ascertained if plug I2 terminates, at its lower end, in a point the bottle has been opened, thus preventing re- I3 which facilitates pushing said indicator plug filling of said bottle without detection. through the frangible bag Ill.

Another very important object of the inven- The upper end portion of the bottle neck I is tion is to provide a non-refillable bottle of the externally threaded toreceive a removable cap 10 aforementioned character which includes novel I4. The cap E4 is provided with a gasket it of means for preventing tampering with the closure suitable material, such as cork, which is engagethereof. able on the upper end of the bushing 4. The ref- Other objects of the invention are to provide a erence numeral I6 (see Figure 6) designates an non-refillable bottle which will be comparatively instrument to be used in opening the bottle. 15

simple in construction, strong, durable, reliable In use, after the bottle 2 has been legitimately in use, compact, and which may be manufacfilled, the bushing 4, 'with the explosive 8 in the tured at low cost. groove I, and the retaining bag Ill and indicator All of the foregoing and still further objects plug I2 mounted thereon, is inserted in the neck 29 and advantages of the invention will become ap- I and cemented. The screw cap I4 is then apparent from a study of the following specificaplied. When it is desired to remove the contents tion, taken in connection with the accompanyof the bottle, the cap I4 is removed and the ining drawing wherein like characters of reference dicator plug I2 is pushed downwardly through the designate corresponding parts throughout the sevfrangible retaining bag Ill (see Figure 2) by inserteral views, and wherein: ing the instrument I6, or any other suitable in- 25 Figure 1 is a View in vertical section through strument, in the bore ll of the bushing 4. The the invention. restricted portion 3 of the neck I prevents the in- Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view, showing dicator plug l2 from dropping into the bottle 2. the bottle after it has been opened. It will thus be seen that with the bag I0 rup- 39 Figure 3 is a detail view in vertical section tured and the plug I2 dislodged from the bushing through the bushing. 4 it will be readily apparent to any one examining Figure 4 is a detail view in side elevation of the the bottle that said bottle has been opened. The indicator. construction of the plug I2 is such that removal Figure 5 is a detail view in vertical section of said plug through the bore II of the bushing 4 through the frangible indicator retaining bag. will be impossible. It will also be noted that it 35 Figure 6 is a perspective view of an instruwill be impossible to remount the plug I2 in the ment which may be used for opening the bottle. bushing 4 or renew the frangible bag l0 without Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will removing said bushing 4 from the neck I. Should be seen that the embodiment of the invention the bottle be subjected to heat in an attempt to which has been illustrated comprises a neck I remove the bushing 4 said bottle will be destroyed 40 which rises from the bottle-2, said neck includby the explosive 8. It may be well to here state ing a restricted lower portion 3. The neck I is that the frangible bag In, in addition to being internally tapered and mounted in the upper por- Waterproof, is preferably of acid or chemical retion of said neck is a bushing 4 of suitable ma sistingmaterial.

terial, preferably glass, said bushing being ce- It is believed that the many advantages of a 45 mented in position, as at 5. At its upper end, non-refillable bottle constructed in accordance the bushing 4 terminates in an external flange with the present invention will be readily under- 6 which extends over the upper end of the neck I. stood, and although a preferred embodiment of In its lower portion, the bushing 4 has formed the invention is as illustrated and described, it is therein a circumferential groove I in which an to be understood that changes in the details of 50 explosive 8 is placed prior to the insertion of said construction and in the combination and arbushing in the neck I. The groove 1 is also for rangement of parts may be resorted to which will the reception of the internal bead 9 on the upper fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. end of a frangible bag III which depends from What is claimed is:

said bushing 4 in the neck I. It will be observed A non-refillable bottle comprising a neck ineluding" a restricted portion, a bushing fixed in said neck, said bushing having an annular groove therein, a plug removably mounted in the lower 7 portion of the bushing and depending therefrom,

a frangible retaining bag mounted on the lower portion of the bushing and depending therefrom and enclosing the plug, said bag including an internal bead in its top portion engaged in the 

